Romance – December 20

“Shrinks will tell you there are only five problems: sex, money, intimacy, trust, children. No, six: add ‘parents,’ as in in-laws, Alzheimer’s, inheritance. And of course they are all...

Mystery – December 20

Self-proclaimed psychic Uri Geller was born on this date in 1946. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist exposes an important public figure as a fraud.

SciFi/Fantasy – December 20

“Beauty and ingenuity beat perfection hands down, every time.”- Nalo Hopkinson, born this date in 1960. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is judged the loser in a contest s/he rightfully...

Secondary – December 20

It’s a Wonderful Life premiered on this date in 1946. Describe how your life would be different in the first person you saw this morning had never been born.

Primary – December 20

“Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.” -Billy Bragg, born on this day in 1957. If you were picked to speak to the world for your generation for 2 minutes, what would you...

Literary – December 19

“A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness.” – Jean Genet, born this date in 1910. Writing prompt: Write the scene of a moment when your...

Journaling + Fiction – Decembe...

“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.”Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about an experience...